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Mearns v Smedvig Limited and others: SCS 25 Nov 1998

‘A party seeking to lead a witness with purported knowledge or experience outwith generally recognised fields would need to set up by investigation and evidence not only the qualifications and expertise of the individual skilled witness, but the methodology and validity of that field of knowledge or science.’

Judges:

Lord Eassie

Citations:

[1998] ScotCS 76

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

CitedKennedy v Cordia (Services) Llp SC 10-Feb-2016
The appellant care worker fell in snow when visiting the respondent’s client at home. At issue was the admission and status of expert or skilled evidence.
Held: Mrs Kennedy’s appeal succeeded. ‘There are in our view four considerations which . .
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Evidence

Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.163392

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